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MEGATONS
Definition of MEGATONS
noun
plural of megaton
noun
A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
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Word DNA
MEGATONS inherits its ancestry from its root, MEGATON.
How it is built
Same root, MEGATON · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEGATONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 54, 13 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MEGATONS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MEGATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found MEGATONS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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